The sensor is really just an infrared photodiode inside of a tube. The diode is connected to an analog input pin on an Arduino. The sensor can be pointed at an object, and the Arduino can sense ...

Unlike early mechanical systems, this design uses the versatile BPW34 PIN photodiode (PDF warning ... out of stored energy if unworn for a day or two, and we imagine a USB port is a more dignified ...

"The laser diode and the photodiode are the two critical active optical components in fiber-optic transceivers. With this new 100 Gbps per lambda PIN PD, we are now able to manufacture both of ...

Marktech's new Models MTPD1346D-200 and MTPD1346D-300 are available in higher-gain active area sizes of 2.0 mm and 3.0 mm, respectively, joining existing series InGaAs PIN photodiodes with 0.1 to ...